The ALCO FA is a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and General Electric in Schenectady, New …

5 days ago · This list is exclusively Alco FA-1s and FA-2s that were operated by the Long Island Railroad. The Long Island Rail Road converted two dozen cab units (mostly Alco) for use on …

1 day ago · There are 15 ALCO Cab units; both FA-1 and FA-2 units still in existence in the United States. I am presently creating a small article of these X-LIRR survivors for ALCO NOTES …

The major difference between the FA and PA models is very easy to learn: The FA's have FOUR axles, and the PA's have SIX axles. (This means the length of a PA is longer, too.) I started an …

Dec 21, 2024 · The FA, sporting a beefier carbody than EMD's ubiquitous designs, was introduced in 1946 and initially offered 1,500 horsepower with a B-B wheel arrangement. Alco …

Jan 10, 2020 · English: The rusty side of a former Long Island Rail Road ALCO FA-1 diesel locomotive number 617 at the Danbury Railway Museum in Danbury, Connecticut. At first I …

Mar 3, 2025 · ALL 12 of the Reading's FA-1s were traded to Alco for ten C-424s. The two "extra" units were used as trade ins for the first two of Lehigh & Hudson River's C-420s. A great …

Dec 15, 2007 · I'm finishing up an A-B-A set (Proto 2000 FA1-FB1-FA1) and am wondering how to finish off the exhaust housing. Currently, I have the turbo exhaust housing dull black, the …

Mar 7, 2025 · I've been looking at friends' shelf collections of different postwar Lionel Alco FA units and wondering about how well they would perform on a layout. Some of them look really …

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